Abbreviations and acronyms

ABI Application Binary Interface
AC Alternating Current
ACL Access Control List
AFPA Adaptive Fast Path
Architecture
AIO Asynchronous I/O
AIX Advanced Interactive
Executive
APAR Authorized Program Analysis
Report
API Application Programming
Interface
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASMI Advanced System
Management Interface
BFF Backup File Format
BIND Berkeley Internet Name
Domain
BIST Built-In Self-Test
BLV Boot Logical Volume
BOOTP Boot Protocol
BOS Base Operating System
BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
CA Certificate Authority
CATE Certified Advanced Technical
Expert
CD Compact Disk
CDE Common Desktop
Environment
CD-R CD Recordable
CD-ROM Compact Disk-Read Only
Memory
CEC Central Electronics Complex
Abbreviations and acronyms
CHRP Common Hardware
Reference Platform
CLI Command Line Interface
CLVM Concurrent LVM
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSM Cluster Systems
Management
CUoD Capacity Upgrade on
Demand
DCM Dual Chip Module
DES Data Encryption Standard
DGD Dead Gateway Detection
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol
DLPAR Dynamic LPAR
DMA Direct Memory Access
DNS Domain Naming System
DRM Dynamic Reconfiguration
Manager
DR Dynamic Reconfiguration
DVD Digital Versatile Disk
EC EtherChannel
ECC Error Checking and
Correcting
EOF End of File
EPOW Environmental and Power
Warning
ERRM Event Response resource
manager
ESS Enterprise Storage Server
F/C Feature Code
FC Fibre Channel
FCAL Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
440 Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p5
FDX Full Duplex
FLOP Floating Point Operation
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GDPS Geographically Dispersed
Parallel Sysplex
GID Group ID
GPFS General Parallel File
System™
GUI Graphical User Interface
HACMP High Availability Cluster
Multiprocessing
HBA Host Bus Adapters
HMC Hardware Management
Console
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hz Hertz
I/O Input/Output
IBM International Business
Machines
ID Identification
IDE Integrated Device Electronics
IEEE Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
IP Internetwork Protocol
IPAT IP Address Takeover
IPL Initial Program Load
IPMP IP Multipathing
ISV Independent Software Vendor
ITSO International Technical
Support Organization
IVM Integrated Virtualization
Manager
JFS Journaled File System
L1 Level 1
L2 Level 2
L3 Level 3
LA Link Aggregation
LACP Link Aggregation Control
Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol
LED Light Emitting Diode
LMB Logical Memory Block
LPAR Logical Partition
LPP Licensed Program Product
LUN Logical Unit Number
LV Logical Volume
LVCB Logical Volume Control Block
LVM Logical Volume Manager
MAC Media Access Control
Mbps Megabits Per Second
MBps Megabytes Per Second
MCM Multichip Module
ML Maintenance Level
MP Multiprocessor
MPIO Multipath I/O
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
NFS Network File System
NIB Network Interface Backup
NIM Network Installation
Management
NIMOL NIM on Linux
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access
Memory
ODM Object Data Manager
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PIC Pool Idle Count
PID Process ID
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PLM Partition Load Manager
Abbreviations and acronyms 441
POST Power-On Self-test
POWER Performance Optimization
with Enhanced Risc
(Architecture)
PPC Physical Processor
Consumption
PPFC Physical Processor Fraction
Consumed
PTF Program Temporary Fix
PTX Performance Toolbox
PURR Processor Utilization
Resource Register
PV Physical Volume
PVID Physical Volume Identifier
PVID Port Virtual LAN Identifier
QoS Quality of Service
RAID Redundant Array of
Independent Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RAS Reliability, Availability, and
Serviceability
RCP Remote Copy
RDAC Redundant Disk Array
Controller
RIO Remote I/O
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RISC Reduced Instruction-Set
Computer
RMC Resource Monitoring and
Control
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPL Remote Program Loader
RPM Red Hat Package Manager
RSA Rivet, Shamir, Adelman
RSCT Reliable Scalable Cluster
Technology
RSH Remote Shell
SAN Storage Area Network
SCSI Small Computer System
Interface
SDD Subsystem Device Driver
SMIT System Management
Interface Tool
SMP Symmetric Multiprocessor
SMS System Management
Services
SMT Simultaneous Multithreading
SP Service Processor
SPOT Shared Product Object Tree
SRC System Resource Controller
SRN Service Request Number
SSA Serial Storage Architecture
SSH Secure Shell
SSL Secure Socket Layer
SUID Set User ID
SVC SAN Virtualization Controller
TCP/IP Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol
TSA Tivoli System Automation
UDF Universal Disk Format
UDID Universal Disk Identification
VIPA Virtual IP Address
VG Volume Group
VGDA Volume Group Descriptor
Area
VGSA Volume Group Status Area
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VP Virtual Processor
VPD Vital Product Data
VPN Virtual Private Network
VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol
VSD Virtual Shared Disk
WLM Workload Manager